Wagon-standard.



EDWARDFITZPATRIGK AND EVERETT R. JONES, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI;

. WAGON-STANDARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2,1907.

Application filed September 14,1905. serial No. 278,469.

To all whom t'tmay concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD FITZPATRICK and EVERETT R. J ONES, citizens of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Wagon- Standard, of which the following is a specification.

This in'vention relates to holders for wagon stakes, more particularly for farm wagons, lumber and log wagons and similar heavy vehicles and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the utility of devices of this character. a

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved device, detached. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the improved device applied to a bolster. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

The improved device is formed from a single body of metal, malleable iron, steel or the like and comprises a socket 10 for the stake 19 preferably tapering toward the lower end and with the inner wall thickened as at 11 and with spaced wings 1213 extending from the thickened portion and with a welo 14 connecting the spaced wings at their upper edges.

The bolster, a portion of which is represented at 15 extends at one end between the side wings 1213 and beneath the web 14 with the end of the bolster abutting against the thickened wall of the socket between the wings. Clamp bolts 16 connect the wings and web through the bolster. The socket 10 will preferably be provided with a loop 17 to receive a load binding chain in the usual manner. The inner face of the socket portionlO is flattened as at 18 to present an enlarged surface to the load carried upon the bolsters. It will be understood that one of the improved holding devices will be arranged at each end of each bolster.

It will be noted that the socket portion of the device is disposed beyond the end of the bolster member 15, consequently a saving in the length of the material required to construct the bolsters results from the use of the improved device.

By this simple device a very strong durable and inexpensive device is produced whichis reinforced at the point where the greatest strains occur and where the socket would otherwise be liable to fracture when subjected to the severe strains or blows so common in devices of this class.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed A stake pocket comprising a tubular body open at its upper and lower ends, the lower end of said body being chamfered, the rear wall of the body increasing in thickness toward its lower end and integral wings provided upon the body for attachment with a bolster.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD FITZPATRICK. EVERETT R. JONES.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BEARD, H. 0. MITTONG. 

